Medium ejecting apparatus including medium regulating member to regulate position of front end medium on tray

Abstract

A medium ejecting apparatus includes a housing including an ejection port to eject a medium, a tray provided below the ejection port, to load the medium ejected from the ejection port, and a medium regulating member accommodated in the housing so as to be drawn out. The medium regulating member includes a medium contacting portion capable of regulating a position of a front end of the medium on the tray in a medium ejecting direction, a first supporting portion to support the medium contacting portion, and a second supporting portion to swingably support the first supporting portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medium ejecting apparatus comprising:
 a housing including an ejection port to eject a medium;   a tray provided below the ejection port, to load the medium ejected from the ejection port; and   a medium regulating member accommodated in the housing so as to be drawn out, wherein   the medium regulating member includes
 a medium contacting portion capable of regulating a position of a front end of the medium on the tray in a medium ejecting direction, 
 a first supporting portion to support the medium contacting portion, and 
 a second supporting portion to swingably support the first supporting portion. 
   
     
     
         2 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the medium contacting portion is linearly formed along a direction perpendicular to the medium ejecting direction. 
     
     
         3 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a distance from the ejection port to the medium contacting portion is less than a maximum size of a medium supported by the medium ejecting apparatus and equal to or larger than a size of a small-sized medium. 
     
     
         4 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first supporting portion includes an opening provided so as to adjust a load applied from the medium contacting portion to the tray. 
     
     
         5 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a load member detachable to the first supporting portion, and capable of changing an attaching position to the first supporting portion in the medium ejecting direction. 
     
     
         6 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the housing is provided so as to be opened and closed, and   the first supporting portion is swingably provided upward with respect to the second supporting portion when the housing is opened in a state where the medium regulating member is pulled out from the housing.   
     
     
         7 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tray includes a first tray and a second tray provided so as to be pulled out from the first tray, and   the medium contacting portion is provided so as to be in contact with the first tray and so as not to be in contact with the second tray, in a state where the medium regulating member is pulled out from the housing.   
     
     
         8 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the extending direction of the first supporting portion drawn out from the housing and supported by the second supporting portion is different from a direction in which the first supporting portion is drawn out from the housing. 
     
     
         9 . The medium ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the second supporting portion swingably supports the first supporting portion in a vertical direction.